Point the gun barrel in a different direction.
Fire it from a smart phone. There’s prolly an app for this.
Newton’s Laws of Motion?
My question is why would someone want such a bullet? “Smart” bombs made defeating enemies nearly impossible. They made people expect that so-called “innocents” would not be harmed and led to the staging of collateral damage which the liberal media love to cover. “Smart” bullets would further that fallacy and the media would use the unrealistic expectations of technology to further push their anti gun agenda. No thank you.
Change your position and fire again. Simple is usually better and cheaper.
A fluid gimballed INS system with backup starshots at the top of the ballisic arc like the MX?
I have pondered this one for a long time.
The answer, I believe, is lift vector modulation.
Look up and read about how the Gemini and Apollo capsules changed directions. The answer was an off-axis thrust that changed the effective center of gravity, which caused lift in a particular direction.
Well, that isn't very practical in a bullet spinning at 50,000 RPM or more. The answer there is a spin-angle sensor and a peizoelectric actuator with a weight on it, controlled by a microcomputer.
In the relaxed position, the weight is in the center of the bullet, and the lift vector is neutral: bullet goes straight forward.
To move to the side (or any radial direction), the actuator is used to push the weight slightly off-axis for a certain number of degrees of rotation, in the opposite direction that the bullet needs to go. This is repeated for a number of bullet rotations proportional to the desired turn angle, and inversely proportional to the actuator weight. This alters the lift vector and "turns" the bullet in the desired direction.
I think the whole thing would have to be micromachined on a single chip, kind of like the digital micromirrors in a cinema projector. It would take very little electrical power, yet would require high voltages for the actuator. But I think it could be done.
Sandia’s Self-Guided Bullet Prototype Can Hit Target A Mile Away
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Posted on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 1:10:09 PM by Sasparilla
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